The Advent Cathedral Choir will join forces with the Choir of St. George’s Episcopal Church, of Nashville, Tennessee, to present a hymn festival. The free concert will feature the St. George’s Choir director Woosug Kang and organist Gerry Senechal, as well as Advent’s own Frederick Teardo and Charles Kennedy. … [Read more...]
Cathedral Concert Series
The Cathedral Church of the Advent will host its annual Cathedral Concert Series, featuring free concerts at 7:30 p.m. - excluding the Feb. 22 performance which requires tickets. Fri., Nov. 2: Advent’s Director of Music and Organist Frederick Teardo will perform on the church's 100-rank Grieb-Williams organ. The concert celebrates Teardo's sixth anniversary with the church and … [Read more...]
Midday Music Series
The Cathedral Church of the Advent introduces its annual Midday Music concert series, featuring 30-minute performances at 12:30 p.m. that are free and open to the public. Fri., Sept. 28: Jeffrey (violin) and Angela Flaniken (viola), of Samford's School of the Arts; and Donald Sanders (piano), recently retired Professor of Music at Samford … [Read more...]
Church and Plate: Lunches Are a Longstanding Lenten Custom at Advent
By Donna Cornelius On weekdays during Lent, Sidney Clapp and Cece Martin go to church dressed not in their Sunday best, but in chef’s jackets. The two are this year’s chairwomen of Cathedral Church of the Advent’s Lenten Lunches. They wear their white jackets with purple embroidery for a practical purpose – to make it easy for volunteers to find them when they need … [Read more...]